Things are finally heating up in the graphics world at the mid range level, with the introduction of the HD3870 and HD3850. Not only do these cards signify a complete change in the way ATI/AMD names their cards, but they are also a huge change from the release of the HD2900 series. These 2 cards deliver some serious performance for their price range, with the 3850 capable of out performing the 8800GT in some tests. Check out the action at [H]ard|OCP, who test both of these ca

Introduction and RV670

AMD has been in a difficult situation in the graphics market for some time now but their new RV670 graphics core is going to change all that, at least according to AMD. Stop in and see how the new HD 3850 and HD 3870 perform against NVIDIA's best of breed!

We know the prices of the 8800GT and 8800GTS are rather far apart, but the performance is not. nVIDIA has tried to remedy that by releasing a special edition GTS that has 112 shader processors, as opposed to the original 96, but still remains on t

G92 Details - The NVIDIA 8800 GT

The NVIDIA 8800 GT looks to be the best deal in a graphics card in many years offering performance on par with $400 GPUs for about half the price! Come see how the XFX model we reviewed stands up to the competition.

PenStar Systems takes a more general look at the release of the 8800GT, not focusing on the card as much as discussing what G92 may mean to the graphics market. AMD's response is the RV670, which offers DX10.1 compatibility and hopefully will give nVIDIA some stiff competition. The flexibility of these chips may herald a change in the order in which graphics cards are released, for instance the release of the 8800GT, instead of a top of the line example of the next family from nVIDIA.